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Topic-III

80x86 Addressing Modes

T1. Barry B Brey, The Intel Microprocessors. Pearson, Eight Ed. 2009. Chapter 3, 4

Lecture 7

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MOD = 00 Memory operand with no displacement

Examples

MOV AX,[2A45]

MOV AX,[DI]

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MOD = 00 Memory operand with no displacement

MOV [BX],CL

- w = 0 because we are dealing with a byte

d = 0 because REG to R/M
- therefore first byte is (1000 1000) = 88H

- since no displacement,
- we can use MOD=00 REG=001 and R/M=111 = 0000 1111
= 0FH

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MOD = 01 Memory operand with 8 bits displacement

Examples

MOV AX,[BP+2]

MOV DX,[BX+DI+4]

MOV [BX-4],AX

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MOD = 01 Memory operand with 8 bits displacement

Examples
MOV [BX+10h],CL
- w = 0 because we are dealing with a byte
- d = 0 because REG to R/M
- therefore first byte is (1000 1000) = 88H

- since 10H can be encoded as an 8-bit displacement, we can

use MOD=01 REG=001 and R/M=111 = 0100 1111 = 4FH

and the last byte is 10H

result: 88 4F 10

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MOD = 10 Memory operand with 16 bits displacement

Examples

ADD AX,[BX+1000H]

MOV [BX+10h],CL with a 16-bit displacement,

(MOD 10)

88 8F 10 00

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MOD = 11 Register operand

Examples

MOV AX, BX

- w = 1 because we are dealing with words

MOD = 11 because it is register-register

- if d = 0 then REG = source (BX) and R/M = dest (AX)

= 1000 1001 1101 1000 (89 D8)

- if d = 1 then REG = source (AX) and R/M = dest (BX)

= 1000 1011 1010 0011 (8B C3)
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Instruction set using addressing modes

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Addressing Modes

• Register Addressing
• Immediate Addressing
• Direct Addressing
• Register Indirect Addressing
• Base-plus-index Addressing
• Register Relative Addressing
• Base relative -plus-indexed Addressing
• Scaled Indexed Addressing

These data-addressing modes are found with all versions of the

Intel microprocessor. except for the scaled-index-addressing
mode, found only in 80386 through Core2
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INSTRUCTION FORMAT
BYTE 1 BYTE 2 BYTE 3 BYTE 4

LOW HIGH
OPCODE D W MOD REG R/M DISP. DISP.

BYTE 1 BYTE 2 BYTE 3

1 BIT 3 BITS
LOW DISP. HIGH DISP.
OPCODE W REG

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Register Addressing

MOV AX,BX ; Copies contents of BX to AX register

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Register Addressing

MOV AX,BX

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Immediate Addressing
• Transfers the source-immediate byte or word of data into the
destination register or memory location.

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Immediate Addressing

MOV AH, 4CH

 (AH ) ← 0100 1100

 Before Execution AX = 9844H

 After Execution AX = 4C44H

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Immediate Addressing

MOV AH, 4CH - 1011 W REG

BYTE 1 BYTE 2 BYTE 3
1 BIT 3 BITS
LOW DISP. HIGH DISP.
OPCODE W REG

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Immediate Addressing

MOV CX, AD4CH

(CX ) ← 1010 1101 0100 1100

 Before Execution CX = 9844H

 After Execution CX = AD4CH

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Immediate Addressing

MOV CX, AD4CH -1011 W REG

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Little vs Big Endian

Little vs Big Endian (5627)

00000 27 00000 56
00001 56 00001 27

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Direct Addressing:

MOV [1234H], AX

(M) AX

M = DS: 1234H (AL)

M = DS: 1235H (AH)

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Direct Addressing
MOV AX, [1234H]

(AX ) ← DS:1234

 DS = 0100H
 ADDRESS = 01000+1234=02234
 02234H 54
 02235H 82

 AX = 8254H

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Direct Addressing

MOV AX, [1234H]

MOV [1234H], AL
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00 000 110

88 06 34 12
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